Ramsgate litter picker
Ramsgate litter selection
There was again a wonderful participation in today’s rubbish collection, which was organized by John Walker of the Ramsgate Society as part of the Great Spring Cĺean-Up in the city.
Mayor Raushan Ara said, “A big thank you to the McDonalds staff who joined us and the rest of the community’s volunteers – and especially Chris Barton, the Ramsgate City Council engineer, for providing all the equipment and making sure everything went smoothly. “
Litter selection from Botany Bay to Palm Bay
A Thanet mother was escorted by families to a beach cleanup from Botany Bay to Palm Bay this morning.
Graphic designer Claire O’Shea organized the cleanup at the beach entrance from Botany Bay to Palm Bay. She helps her children Jaz (8) and Marley (6).
Missing cats and strays in Thanet
We have teamed up with Vets 2 U, a Thanet mobile veterinary service run by two female small business owners named Kate and Kerry and their great staff. They do everything that a normal veterinary practice would, but only mobile.
The cooperation came about because many veterinary practices here only got emergency appointments during the lockdown and the cat neutering was unfortunately pushed back in many practices, which caused a backlog of uncastrated cats, which is a big problem for in the Thanet area, which is already a problem area Backyard breeding and unwanted cats.
So far we have probably spayed and neutered over 40 weird cats in the area, including some stray cats that have been abandoned and now housed, as well as medicated.
Vet 2 U offers this neutering service at a reduced price at the usual price, as we subsidize it – to be able to use this service, however, you have to book through Thanet through missing cats and strays and not the vets directly.
Every day we neuter both male and female cats at the same time, so far we have had a couple of incidents where a bitch turned out to be a boy, on another occasion a cat has already been neutered so we can’t wait to see what the next castration day brings!
It costs £ 50 to neuter a male and £ 75 to neuter a female cat. If you want your cat to be chipped at the same time, it costs an additional € 10. If you’d like to book with us, please email Missing and Cats and Strays via facebook.com/MissingCatsAndStraysInThanet
Thanet Diabetes Community Group
Doctors should be more honest with obese patients who unknowingly have diabetes. Although a person’s weight problem is “blindly obvious”, some general practitioners shy away from the subject and put the person at risk of missing out on an early diagnosis. This was the opinion expressed at Thanet’s monthly Diabetes Community Group meeting.
Members heard that 7.7% – every 13th – of the district’s population had diabetes, and that number rises to nearly 10% when the estimated number of people undiagnosed is factored in.
The group’s secretary, John Hall, who lives in Ramsgate, told how his doctor diagnosed him with diabetes – but only after requesting a test. His family doctor then put Mr. Hall on a low-carbohydrate diet and he lost 22 kg (about 3.5 kg). He was not aware of any symptoms before.
His discovery came after visiting a friend in Ireland who had lost 20 kg after his doctor put him on a low-carbohydrate diet.
Mr. Hall, who is now prediabetic, told the meeting, “I was very overweight at the time and asked my doctor to test me. I didn’t have any symptoms
“A lot of people have to go around completely ignorant of the fact that they are diabetic. I sure never thought about it.
“It is obvious that some NHS doctors are suggesting the low carb diet and that it works. For me it worked.
“But by pure chance I went and asked him, am I diabetic? It’s the wrong way; he should have said, “You look a little overweight”.
“I think doctors don’t like telling people they are overweight. You never mention it, though it’s blindingly obvious. You stay away from it because people don’t like to say that. “
It is estimated that £ 10 billion is spent on diabetes nationwide – 10% of that on medication. The meeting learned of potentially huge savings the NHS could make by asking people to change their eating habits.
In a presentation by group member Jeremy Martin, he quoted an expert, Prof. Tim Noakes, who believes that 80% of modern chronic diseases are diet-related.
He produced numbers that show a 37% increase in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the decade to 2018 and a 73% increase in prescriptions for T2D over the same period. Mr. Martin said it shows that “you cannot use drugs to cure a nutritional disease” and that the NHS treatment plan does not reverse T2D.
A family doctor in Southport, Dr. David Unwin, however, has saved the NHS £ 50,000 a year by offering its patients the option of a low-carb diet instead of medication for patients with T2D. To date, 95 of his patients have reversed T2D, added Mr. Martin.
The Thanet support group meets every first Thursday of the month, currently through Zoom, although this may change soon. For more information, please email Chairman Brian Urwin at brianu@thinkhealthyme.co.uk
Royal British Legion – Margate
Margate Branch is one of the oldest branches of the Royal British Legion in the county and was threatened with closure until recently. Thanks to the work of the district chairman and the district committee, we have succeeded in stopping this. The branch is currently registered as being temporarily supported by the county.
We are hosting an open meeting for prospective new and current branch members on July 22nd (subject to Covid restrictions) at 7:30 p.m. at the TSD (Thanet Society of Druids) Club, Unity House, Percy Road, Cliftonville, in the expectation that in the near future we will be able to get the County Supported branch back to full status.
With the Royal British Legion centenary this year and RBL Kent County’s centenary in 2022, we are working hard to continue all of our branches and the important volunteer work they do for our armed forces, veterans and beneficiaries across the county ensure that it will continue well into the next 100 years.
Stagecoach southeast
Bus operator Stagecoach South East thanked passengers for raising more than £ 75,000 for Demelza Hospice Care for Children.
At the start of the pandemic, Stagecoach cut cash on its services in Kent and East Sussex as part of a number of measures to minimize the transmission of Covid-19 and protect its customers and colleagues.
As a temporary guideline, cash overpayments have been sent to Demelza – a charity that provides specialized care and emotional support to children with severe or terminal illness and their families in Kent, East Sussex and South East London.
Demelza relies almost entirely on the generosity of its supporters to provide the funds to keep the services up and running. The cancellation or postponement of fundraising drives and retail store closings during the pandemic had a huge impact on the charity’s revenues.
But now Demelza has received a donation of £ 75,870.07 thanks to the support of Stagecoach customers who left their move when the exact tariff was in place.
Almost 50,000 children live with serious or terminal illnesses in the UK. And as more and more children live longer in complex conditions, it becomes more and more urgent to support them and their families.
This one-time support has its price. The donation could finance 1,522 hours of care for seriously or terminally ill children and adolescents by specialized pediatric nurses or two pediatric nurses for a whole year.
In 2020, the transport company celebrated its partnership with Demelza with the launch of a specially branded bus.
The double-decker bus – featuring the distinctive Demelza clown and red-dot design – has been serving routes through East Kent since it was unveiled at the charity’s Sittingbourne Hospice last year.
Stagecoach has pledged to continue its partnership with Demelza for an additional year as lockdowns and restrictions on social gatherings resulted in the cancellation of planned fundraisers last year.
Baypoint football
The Baypoint Sports Club now has its own football department.
The club, which sits between Sandwich and Ramsgate, will have adult and junior teams for both sexes and a veterinary team for men, and Football Director Mick Ashby says, “We’re a new, exciting and progressive club and this is in part” because of our exceptional qualities Furnishing. All of our players train on one of our 3G all-weather surfaces and play games on some of East Kent’s best grass pitches. ”
And Ashby, who is also the club’s chairman, added: “We will offer our players and coaches routes to football after 16 and in the Junior Premier League.”
The Junior Premier League is England’s only national league for young players from U8 to U18 and with over 25,000 players the largest league in the country.
As for men’s football, Baypoint will have a team in the Canterbury & District Saturday League next season and will hold the first of two opening training sessions this coming Saturday (June 12) from 11am.
And on the same day from 10.30 a.m. there will be an open training session for the U18 team, which Baypoint will compete in the East Kent Youth League in the coming season.
To find out more about the club and / or to learn about attending training sessions, visit: facebook.com/baypointsportsclubs
